10. melt to soften in feeling: a story to melt your heart.
11. (n.)melt the act or process of melting or the state of being melted.
12. melt something that is melted.
13. melt a sandwich or other dish topped with melted cheese.
14. (n.)melt the spleen, esp. of a cow or pig when used for food.
Etymology: (1575–85; dial. (mainly Scots, N England) var. of milt)
Definition of 'melt'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)thaw, melt, thawing, melting the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
2. (verb)melt, run, melt down reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
3. (verb)dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt become or cause to become soft or liquid "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
4. (verb)mellow, melt, mellow out become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial "With age, he mellowed"
5. (verb)melt, meld lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
6. (verb)fade, melt become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
7. (verb)melt, disappear, evaporate become less intense and fade away gradually "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
1. (verb)melt to change from solid to liquid because of heat Melt the butter in a large pan.; Eat your ice cream before it melts.
Definition of 'melt'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)melt see 2d Milt
2. melt to reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow
3. melt hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken
4. (verb)melt to be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures
5. (verb)melt to dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth
6. (verb)melt hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear
7. (verb)melt to lose distinct form or outline; to blend
8. (verb)melt to disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away
Sense: to (cause to) become soft or liquid, or to lose shape, usually by heating / being heated The ice has melted; My heart melted when I saw how sorry he was.